n. A traditional North American Indian sled-like vehicle, pulled by person, dog, or horse.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A primitive vehicle, common among the North American Indians, usually two trailing poles serving as shafts and bearing a platform or net for a load.
n. A logging sled.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. See dray, 3.
n. Same as travail.
Word Usage
"In smooth country, and when the sick or wounded person is not too badly off, the Indian and trapper "travois" or horse litter may be employed."